Exclusive interview with US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer

Defense News naval warfare reporter David Larter sits down with U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer to discuss the service’s response to two collisions of merchant ships with 7th Fleet destroyers. The two incidents resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors.

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